Amnesty International has condemned Saudi Arabia’s execution of Jalal Labbad, who was accused of crimes allegedly committed when he was a minor. Bissan Fakih, Amnesty International’s Middle East Campaigner, said “Saudi Arabia’s execution of Jalal Labbad is deplorable and underscores the devastating toll of the authorities’ ruthless use of the death penalty in complete disregard of one of the most absolute prohibitions to its use”.

Labbad , a member of the Shi’a minority in Al-Qatif, had participated in protests against the treatment of the community when he was about 17 years old. He was first arrested in 2017 at the age of 21 and charged with offenses he allegedly committed as a child. Reports indicate that he was tortured during detention, hospitalized due to frequent fainting, low b

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